Street Gap & Streets Gap Road via Appalachian Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Street Gap & Streets Gap Road via Appalachian Trail is a 5.5-mile out-and-back near Rice Bend, TN. The route reaches Street Gap. It climbs 1,506 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Street Gap & Streets Gap Road via Appalachian Trail
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,506 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 3,723–4,435 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 35.95256, -82.56089
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 84°F / low 65° · precip 8% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 2.3 miPass Street Gap.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Streets Gap Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Street Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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